To use SQL Azure one needs a Windows Azure platform account and can then create/ manage databases with the SQL Azure Portal.

These Cloud Services are similar to the Visual Studio web project types but are tailored for Windows Azure.

虽然这些云服务类似于Visual Studio Web项目类型，但这是为Windows Azure定制的。

Developers can have a configuration file for testing locally, and another for deployment on Windows Azure.

开发者可以拥有一项用于本地测试的配置文件，和另一项用于Windows Azure部署的配置文件。

Windows Azure is a Cloud-PAAS offering from Microsoft for building scalable applications.

Windows Azure是微软用于构建可扩展应用的云服务平台。

Resolved an IIS log file permission Issue which caused diagnostics to be unable to transfer IIS logs to Windows Azure storage.

解决了IIS日志文件的权限问题，它会导致诊断程序无法把IIS日志传送到Windows Azure的存储上。

Publishing improvements ( developers can use a publish settings file rather than having to connect to the Windows Azure portal)

发布过程的改进（Publishing improvements）（开发者可以使用发布设置文件，而无须连接到Windows Azure门户）

Windows Azure offers a platform that is easily implemented alongside your current environment.

微软云计算提供了一个在你当前环境下容易被实施平台。

"Dallas" has been built with and on top of Windows Azure platform, the service consisting of three main components

“Dallas”架设在Windows Azure平台之上，主要包含三个组件

Windows Azure has grown and matured a lot over the time since its release from beta.

Windows Azure从beta版本发布后，已经成长、成熟了很多。

It looks like Microsoft's plans with Windows Azure surpass Google's offering.

微软的Windows Azure计划看起来像是要超越Google所提供的。

Directly from the client, using an account name and access key obtained from the Windows Azure portal.

直接从客户端访问，使用用户名以及从Windows Azure获得的访问密钥。

Plans for the future include the ability to deploy the server on Windows Azure and Amazon EC2 including the capability to scale out to several machines.

对未来的计划包括将服务器部署到Windows Azure和Amazon EC2上的能力，同时包括扩展到多台计算机上的功能。

Since Windows Azure storage has a similar data model ( property bag) and developer experience, we will stop supporting the current ACE Model sometime in the future.

由于Windows Azure存储有类似的数据模型和开发者体验，所以我们以后将不再对目前的ACE模型提供支持。

Microsoft is the first cloud provider collaborating with the NIST by demonstrating how their Windows Azure offering supports those use cases.

微软是首个与NIST合作的云供应商，他们演示了Windows Azure对这些用例的支持。

According to Microsoft's Azure web site, Python is one of the tools and languages to be supported by Windows Azure

根据微软的Azure网站，Python是Windows Azure所支持的工具和语言之一

Windows Azure is an operating system for the cloud.

Windows Azure是用于云的一个操作系统。

Windows Azure is by far the most expensive cloud platform or infrastructure to use on the market today.

Windows Azure是目前市面上价格最高的云平台，或者说基础设施。

The release fixes several significant bugs including the nasty RDP bug and adds capabilities like multiple administrator support from the enhanced Windows Azure Connect portal.

此次发布修正了包括严重的RDP在内的多个重要缺陷，并且添加了多项功能，像在增强的Windows Azure Connect portal上支持多个管理员等等。

Giving the complexity of a cloud service infrastructure it was surprisingly easy to allow our GraphDB product to run on Windows Azure.

相比于云服务架构的复杂，在Windows Azure平台上运行GraphDB产品是相当容易的。

Sriram Krishnan, a Microsoft Program Manager, has written a Python wrapper for Windows Azure Data Storage.

微软项目经理Sriram Krishnan已经为Windows Azure数据存储编写了一个Python包装。

The developer can test applications locally ( on port 81) until they are ready and then publish the solution to Windows Azure.

开发人员在准备好之前可在本地（在端口81上）测试应用程序，然后将解决方案发布到Windows Azure。